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G. T. SHAPER.;

FOUNTAIN PEN HOLDER.

Patented June 5,1883.

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L are parts detached. section of the pen end; Fig. 6, the loose weightUNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

CHARLES T. SHAFER, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

FOUNTAIN PEN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,025, dated June 5,1883. 'Applicationled January'ili, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: Y

Beit known that I, CHARLES T, SHAFER., of Springfield, in the county ofClarke and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFountain Pen-Holders; and I do hereby declare 'that the following is afull, clear, and exact .description of the same.

Fountain pens and holders, or pens in which the holder is made thereceptacle for carrying the supply of ink, are in common use, and I donot propose to claim, broadly, such a holder.

`With my invention any kind of a pen-steel, gold, or otherwise-can beused, and any iiuid ink can be used, and the flow of ink regulated atwill without the use of' spirals, sieves, or springs.

That others may fully understand vmy invention, I will particularlydescribe it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein-1- Figure I is an elevation, parts of the holder being in longitudinalsection. Fig. 2 is an Figs. 3 and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal to beinclosed.

C is the barrel or tube constituting the inkholder of' the pen. The topis open, and provided with thread and screw plug or top A to make anair-tight stopper. It also has a small hole or port, P, at bottoni, orside'near the bottom, for the discharge of ink to the pen. D is a tubefitting closely over tube C up to point G, having also a small hole orport, P',

at bottom of tube, or near the bottom, corresponding in position withthe port I). E is a tight-tting sleeve, open at both ends, and used toslip over D to receive and hold the pen. B is a loose or free weight,having a specific gravity greater than that of the ink, inelosed withinthe ink-barrel C. These parts A, B, C, D,

- andl can be made of any desired material or shape suitable for thepurpose.

The method of using my invention is as follows: The weight Bis put inthe tube C. The

tube D is then fitted over the tube C, and so placed that the holes IJand IJ do not register with each other. The tube 'C'is filled with inkand the plug ce is screwed intoA top of said tube. The pen-holder E andpen F being adjusted on the tube D in such position that the hole l? isopposite the median line of the pen, said tube D is turned so that theholes l? and drive a drop of' ink through the .ports P P and down tothepoint of the pen. This plunger effect is independent of the quantity ofink in the reservoir, and by it the last drop may be driven out., Thisoperation may be repeated as often as may benecessary to cause a steadysupply of ink.

I am aware that a fountain pen-holder has i been provided with aclose-fitting fioat or pis` ton of less specficl gravity than the ink,to

maintain a separation between the ink and thef open air-space inthe topof the holder. That is essentially different from my invention, be-

cause, first, I do not admit air at the top of my reservoir as ink isdischarged to the pen, andi therefore I have no need for a floatingsepara# i tor; second, it is manifest that a iioat having l lessspecific gravity than the ink cannot add` to the plunger action of thecolumn of ink itselfwhen the pen is shaken up and down, whereasv myweight, being indefinitely heavier than the ink, will act as a plungerindependent of the ink.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is'W f I. In afountain pen-holder, the combination, with the pen section and barrel orreservoir provided with a port through which ink may be driven to thepen, of a loose plunger or weight of greater specific gravity than theink, whereby the ink may be driven through said port when the pen isshaken up and down.

2. The combination, in 'a fountain pen-holder, of a barrel, C, having aport, I), a sleeve, D, fitted thereto, and provided with a correspondingport, P', means whereby an ordinary writing-pen may be attached to saidholder,

and a loose plunger-weight, B, inclosed within said barrel, for thepurpose set forth.

CHAS. T. SHAFER.

XVitnesses: l

G. C. HALL, E. E. Rnnsnnnc.

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